• cm0002@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      I knew it was coming since that article yesterday about us Americans posting vids of 3D printed guns lmao

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      Imo it’s more sad than hilarious. US users and Chinese users meeting each other on the platform and discovering they are interesting people who actually have a lot in common sounds like what I’d wish the internet to be.
      It’s not surprising, and I get the irony, but I feel more sad than amused.

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        You know, the news about Chinese and American users comparing their worldviews seemed weird to me because it reads like this is the first time Chinese and American users have interacted and had the chance to talk “candidly”.

        My first thought was, “Why the fuck is this news? It’s not like Chinese users can’t interact on American platfor—”

        …oh. Right. The great firewall.

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        I totally agree with you.

        We shouldn’t be cheering on segregation.

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      This was the turn of events anyone who knows anything about China and the CCP (and how closely they control businesses there) would have expected.

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      TikTok is banned in China, so why would anyone ever expect this would be different in this case?

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        They have Douyin (it’s a carbon copy of tiktok). Rednote released a public statement welcoming US users, no evidence that what this article implies is being considered at all. The evidence is a reddit post. You are responding in agreement to a propaganda rag.

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          They blocked the TikTok domain in China. What would you call that, if not a ban?

          You are naive if you believe they aren’t going to sever the communities. That was always going to happen.

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          But TikTok is still banned by China… Chinese people cannot sign up for TikTok and communicate with the outside world.

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          Why is it a different product then? Does it allow the same content? Same algorithm?

          Or is it different, and not an actual carbo copy?

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    They’re gonna build a firewall, and the US is gonna pay for it!

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    It amazes me how people apparently can’t live without watching shitty videos all the time… Oh, well.

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      It’s an addiction. No other way to describe it. Like your coke dealer ran out so you gotta switch to crack instead.

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        It’s not really an ‘addiction.’ It’s a culture.

        People don’t value things that take time or effort anymore. All they want is their instant-gratification to forget about their shitty lives a little bit longer. Short-form video and posts provide this for them.

        It’s all according to plan to keep people apathetic until the day they die. That way, they never fight back against the people pulling their strings.

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      Rednote with multiple SIMULTANEOUS video feeds sounds like a whole new level of brain rot

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      I feel exactly the same way. It’s like they can’t imagine a world without it. When it’s banned they’ll have to fill their time just staring at the wall.

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      I find takes like this unfortunate. I learned SO much on TikTok. Accounts like gatenerd, jerrythink, kellyscleankitchen, softpourn, publicopinion, hankgreen, alexisanddean, thelawsayswhat, kylascan, and countless interior designers, architects, chefs, and all the others I can’t recall.

      There is no other platform like TikTok where you can get drawn in not just in minutes watched, but in knowledge gained. Wish you shared my experience.

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        I can understand your point until you get to the “there is no other platform like TikTok”. You lose me there.

        Hopefully this little outage scare helps you to diversify!

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          Honestly, there isn’t another platform that isn’t a step down. The algorithm that drives the For You Page is leaps and bounds ahead of Instagram and YouTube.

          The best analogy I can give is if Linux was banned for personal use in the US. Sure, you could use Windows or macOS; the later is even Unix based! However, it would be a downgrade for Linux users. Even something like FreeBSD wouldn’t be a seemless transition, and the communities that were built would take time to recover.

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        Reading can accomplish the same thing, although it is a skill that has to be developed.

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        Edit: I see the influencers are on Lemmy since TT is going away and they are salty.

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          Eh. Most of these people are already wealthy from their parents and were just using their wealth to make more wealth by showcasing how wealthy they are to those who will never be wealthy.

          Living vicariously is a plague. I think less of anyone who does it.

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    I tried to challenge some ideas in World News and I guess asking questions about Chinese censorship is xenophobic. Now I’m banned for not being pro Chinese censorship.

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      .ml

      There’s your problem. If they stated their rules, rather than forcing people to figure them out by trial and error, I’d have less of an issue with it. Like, lemmygrad is explicit in its intent and they state it outright in their rules. Lemmy.ml plays it too coy, and so comes off as incredibly manipulative.